On 11 Nov 2008, at 17:09, Torgny Tholerus wrote:
> > Bruno Marchal skrev: >> On 09 Nov 2008, at 20:29, Brent Meeker wrote: >> >> >>> Many physicists think that an ultimate theory would be >>> discrete, >>> >> This is highly implausible, assuming comp. I know that if we want >> quantize gravitation, then space and time should be quantized, but >> then I hope other things will remain continuous, like the statistics >> (hoping it is enough). >> But for the reason above, the first persons cannot escape the >> "feeling" or the "appearances" of continua (assuming mech.). >> > > You do not need anything continuous. When you look at a movie, you > are > shown 24 pictures every second, but you feel like it is a continuous > movie. But in reality it is just 24 discrete events every second. I am not saying that I need the continuum. I am saying that I cannot escape it (assuming comp, by UDA, ...). Bruno http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
